John Rhodes Assistant Coach First season at NU: 2008-09 Alma Mater: Ohio '88

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John Rhodes joins the Northeastern coaching staff for the 2008-09 season, and he brings 12 years of coaching experience and eight years of experience playing professional basketball to the Huskies. Rhodes comes to NU after nine seasons as an assistant at his alma mater, Ohio University. He was an assistant coach from 1999-2004 before being named the associate head coach prior to the 2004-05 season. While at Ohio, Rhodes helped lead the Bobcats to winning seasons in seven of his nine years, including four seasons in a row from 2004-08. Ohio made the postseason twice in Rhodes’ tenure, winning the Mid-American Conference Tournament and advancing to the NCAA Tournament during the 2004-05 season and earning a berth to the inaugural College Basketball Invitational in 2007-08. Rhodes’ primary responsibilities at Ohio were recruiting, scheduling, game preparation and on-court teaching. On the court, he worked specifically with post players. In his nine seasons, Rhodes helped produce seven All-Conference forwards, including three-time first-team All-MAC selection Brandon Hunter, who was a second-round draft choice of the Boston Celtics in the 2003 NBA Draft. Prior to joining the Bobcats, Rhodes was an assistant coach for two years at St. Bonaventure and for one season at North Florida. Before coaching, Rhodes played professional basketball in Europe for eight years, making stops in Germany (1988-89), France (1989-91) and Iceland (1991-96). In 1992, he was named the Icelandic Basketball League’s Most Valuable Player, and in 1993, he earned the Athlete of the Year Award from the city of Hafnarfjordur, Iceland. Rhodes also coached youth basketball clubs in Iceland and was the head coach of the I.R. Club Team in Reykjavik, Iceland, from 1994-96. Rhodes was a four-year letterman for Ohio from 1984-88. A star center for the Bobcats, Rhodes served as team captain was named second-team All-MAC his senior year. In the Ohio career record books, he ranks third in field goal percentage (.567), fourth in blocked shots (121), and 10th in rebounds (744). Rhodes, a Milwaukee native, graduated from Ohio in 1988 with a bachelor’s degree in Journalism/Public Relations. He and his wife Jackie have two children, Alexis (12) and Kristopher (9).